Calling-card receptacle



Sept. 30, 1930. N. E. MONTAGUE CALLING CAkD RECEPTACLE Filed Nov. 281928 Patented Sept. 30, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'NELLE EDEMONTAGUE, DIE SAN ANGELO, TEXAS CALLING-CARD RECEPTACLE Applicationfiled November 28, 1928. Serial No. 322,473.

10 the door lock plate or with the door knocker or bell. V

Another object is to provide a calling card receptacle for a door, thesame including a door plate having a pocket formed in its up- 15 perportion for receiving calling cards the said pocket opening upwardly,the front wall thereof being bulged outwardly tohelp form the pocket andbeing cut away at its upper margin to facilitate the removal of thecards. With the foregoing and other objects in view the inventionresides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts as here'-inafter set forth and claimed:

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a door knocker with a cardreceiving pocket formed therein. Figure 2 is a section along the line 22in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front view of a door lock having a card receiving pocketformed there- Figure 4 is a front view of a door bell having a cardpocket formed therein.

drawings the reference character 1 in Figure 1 denotes a back plate ofany desired construction and form which may be secured to the wall or inany convenient position upon a dwelling by means of screws (not shown)through the apertures 2. A lmocker hammer or element 3 is pivotallyattached at'its ends to this plate 1 by means of pins t through the lugs5, the aforesaid elements constituting a door knocker of the usual form.

In accordance with the invention a rectangular pocket 6, open at itsupper edge, is provided in the back plate 1, the said pocket beingadapted to receive calling cards and the like. The forward wall of thepocket 6 is Referring now more particularly to the preferably cut awayas at 7 to facilitate the removal of the cards from the pocket.

In Figure 3 the invention is shown in use with the lock plate 8 of adoor look. A card receiving pocket 9 is formed in the plate 8 in itsupper portion,,the front wall of this pocket being bulged outwardly asindicated and being also cut away as at 10 to facilitate the removal ofcards from the pocket.

In Figurel the invention is shown in use upon a door bell mounting plate11, 12' denoting the card receiving pocket formed inthe said plates 11and 13 denoting thecut away front wall of the pocket, the said frontwall being bulged outwardly as indicated. The

card receiving pocket may also be formed in an individual plate andsecured to the dwelling in any convenient position as will beunderstood. r

While I have herein set forth certain preferred embodiments of myinvention it is understood that I may vary from the same in minorstructural details, not departing from the spirit of the invention andwithin the scope of the appended claim.

I claim: 7

In a device of the kind describecha door plate having a pocket formed inits upper portion for receiving calling cards, the said pocket openingupwardly, the front wall of the said pocket being bulged outwardly andbeing cut away at itsupper margins to facilitate the removal of thecards.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NELLE EDE MONTAGUE.

